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A History of the County of Stafford
… PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. Asseblies of God. Bethel temple in Gads Lane dates from 1930. 94 Bethel church in Marsh Lane, … (registration Jan. 1969). Hackwood, West Bromwich, 94; Staffs. Advertiser, 29 May 1869; Worship Reg. no. 19444; Kelly's Dir. Staffs. (1940); below p. 63. Evening Mail, 10 Dec. 1968; …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Public services PUBLIC SERVICES. Conditions in West Bromwich in the 19th century were not so insanitary … Populous Districts [602], App. p. 40, H.C. (1845), xviii. Staffs. Advertiser, 17 Aug., 22 Nov. 1850. Birmingham Daily … 17-19, for the appointment of the surveyor and inspector). Staffs. Advertiser, 10 Oct., 21 Nov. 1868; 'Old West …
A History of the County of Stafford
… ROMAN CATHOLICISM. A Puritan survey of Staffordshire in 1604 reported 'many popish' in West Bromwich. 60 It was … Cath. Rec. Soc. liii. 333; S.R.O., D. 1287/9/10, return of Staffs. papists 12 Mar. 1629/30; L.J.R.O., B/V/1/55, p. 33; S.H.C. 4th ser. ii. 88-9; Staffs. Cath. Hist. v. 23; vii. 29; xiii. 47-8. Reeves, West …
A History of the County of Stafford
… By the 1830s it usually began on the first Monday in November and by the 1850s often lasted a week. Stalls were … and a large sports hall. 71 Reeves, West Bromwich, 140-1; Staffs. Advertiser, 6 Nov. 1858; T.C.T. Life's Realities, 181-3; 'Old West Bromwich', 8 Feb. 1946. Staffs. Advertiser (S. Staffs. edn.), 8 and 15 Nov. 1873, 9 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of the town THE GROWTH OF THE TOWN. The chief settlement in the parish until the 19th century was Lyndon to the south … See p. 27. Reeves, West Bromwich, 54-5. Yates, Map of Staffs. (1775). Willett, West Bromwich, 225-6 (1667); Yates, Map of Staffs. (1775); S.R.O., D.(W.)631A(30), J. Furneyhough, Plan …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's claimed various liberties in their manor of West Drayton, including view of frankpledge … only a few from the late 15th and early 16th centuries. 23 In 1587 it was customary for the lord to keep a court leet once a year and a court baron once in three weeks. 24 Records of such courts are preserved to …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1215 the manor of WEST GRINSTEAD apparently descended, … of the church, with Bramber rape. 44 It was certainly held in demesne by the lord of the rape, William, Lord Braose (d. 1290), in 1280, 45 and the overlordship of the manor usually …
A History of the County of Essex
… churchwardens of West Ham, for the use of the parishioners in general, were being divided equally between the three … Plaistow, and Stratford) as early as the 16th century. In each ward the churchwarden kept what was known as the donation account, and each churchwarden in turn acted also as accountant to the whole parish. …
A History of the County of Essex
… destroyed with the rest of the abbey. Its parish became in one sense extra-parochial; the landowners there did not pay tithes. But in other respects it seems to have been merged in the parish of All Saints. The church of All Saints …
A History of the County of Essex
… EDUCATION. West Ham's first parish school was opened in 1723. During the following years public elementary … until 1871, when a school board, one of the earliest in the country, was formed for the parish. The board's first … the deficiency of school places. 1 There were 27 schools, in 46 departments, of which the Church of England was …